The article was about solar energy. Solar energy is one of the most abundant resource of energy. Scientists are assessing the possibility of embarking on a space engineering project that would eclipse the effort to construct the International Space Station. Researchers from Europe, Japan and the US are considering the viability of building giant solar panels in a low earth orbit that would supply cheap, inexhaustible energy to industry and homes. Leopold Summerer of the European Space Agency believes the generation of solar power from space may be only 20 years away. Robert Lainway from EADS Astrium states that "It's a matter of developing the technology to make the solar panels cheaper, to send them into the sky and have the energy conversion to microwaves or optical lasers which then beam the energy down to Earth. He also says that the cost of the undertaking will mean it will have to be another international effort along the lines of the Space Station. Lt Col Damphousse, says that "It opens up all the other things that we are trying to do in space; our exploration strategy, our planetary defence, commercialism in space, space tourism.
This article was very informative and interesting. It talked about solar energy. It gave examples on how solar energy has advantages to the earth. It also gives hope on knowing that one day there would be a solution to the worlds problem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7131617.stm
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